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Each year for the past three years, the LexisNexis African Ancestry Network LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation Fellowship has awarded fellowships to promising law students to participate in research projects related to eliminating racism in the legal system. This year, 15 students received fellowships of $10,000 each…
Bob Ambrogi
Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.
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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February
Voting is now open! Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the eighth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024. Your votes determine the 15 companies selected to face off in a live pitch competition that will be the opening-night event of this year’s TECHSHOW, which is Feb. 14-17,…
On the LawNext PR Podcast: Legal Tech Startup Lawmato Relaunches with Immediate Consultation Feature
On the latest LawNext PR podcast, we feature news breaking today from legal tech startup Lawmato, which is relaunching its virtual legal consultation platform app with new and improved features.
Watch the video here. Listen to the podcast here.As you will see in the podcast, one of the new features is…
Back Today After A Thanksgiving Hiatus: The Legaltech Week Panel Takes On The Week’s Top News
After a week away for Thanksgiving, we are back live today at 3 p.m. with another episode of Legaltech Week, the show where a panel of journalists and bloggers discusses the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation.
Among the stories on tap for us to discuss today:…
MyCase Releases Public API For Easier Integration with Third-Party Software; Adds LawPay Reconciliation
The law practice management company MyCase this week introduced a public API for easier integration with third-party software, as well as two new payments features that more tightly integrate LawPay within the MyCase platform.
By releasing a public API (application programming interface), MyCase is making it easier for customers to integrate the platform…
Docket Alarm Founder Michael Sander Leaves After vLex Acquisition; Former Gavelytics Exec Joins to Lead Product Line
Michael Sander, the founder of Docket Alarm, a product that mines federal and state court dockets to provide litigation alerts and case analytics, has left the company, seven months after its acquisition by legal research company vLex in April.
Docket Alarm was part of legal research company Fastcase, which had…
Small Law Firms Made Progress this Year On Their Biggest Challenge, Thomson Reuters Survey Finds
Seven times since 2016, Thomson Reuters has conducted a survey on the state of small law firms in the U.S., and every time, it found that small firms had made virtually no progress on one of their greatest challenges, which is that they spend too much time on administrative tasks to the exclusion of practicing…
In First for A U.S. Appeals Court, 5th U.S. Circuit Court Considers Rule Requiring Lawyers to Certify they Did Not Rely on AI to Create Filings
In what it appears would be a first for a federal circuit court, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering adoption of a rule change that would require lawyers and unrepresented litigants to provide a certification regarding their use of artificial intelligence in preparing court filings.
Lawyers and other filers would be…
How It Works: ShareFile for Legal, To Securely Streamline Document Workflows and Collaboration
Today in the LawSites video series How It Works, we get a demonstration of ShareFile for Legal, a secure, digital solution designed to simplify document workflows and improve collaboration for legal professionals.
Joining me in this episode to tell us about ShareFile for Legal and show us how it works is Sara Hoeg,…
The $650M Casetext Story: Coloring Book Edition
Once upon a time, in a magical city called San Francisco, three former lawyers came together to develop an innovative legal research platform, as an alternative to traditional legal research services such as Thomson Reuters Westlaw and LexisNexis. They called their new company Casetext.
Their original idea was…
How to RSVP for Monica Bay’s Celebration of Life, Dec. 7 in NYC (Plus Reminder of This Week’s Calif. Memorial)
A few weeks ago, I posted about memorial services planned for Monica Bay, the longtime editor-in-chief of Law Technology News, one in San Mateo, Calif. on Nov. 30, and another in New York City on Dec. 7.
I now have additional details on the New York memorial from Sean La Roque-Doherty, Monica’s close friend…
In Case of ‘Real Lawyers Against A Robot Lawyer,’ Federal Court Dismisses Law Firm’s Suit Against DoNotPay for Unauthorized Law Practice
In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay.
In March, the Illinois law firm, MillerKing brought the putative class action against DoNotPay on behalf of “all law firms in the…